Blake decided he wasn't going to travel to our parents for Christmas this year and asked if we wanted to spend Christmas with him. Scott wanted to be home for Christmas day so we went up a couple days before Christmas Eve to spend a few days in Duluth. We had big plans for Christmas morning, but I also didn't want to miss a stay in Duluth. Somehow we always end up in Duluth around Christmas time. It would have been weird to skip it this year. We haven't visited Duluth much this year with COVID. It was nice to be up here. Both of our households have been very careful and this was a much better option than going to Little Chute. We haven't been around other people without masks since October. It felt a little strange at first. No monster pancakes this time. Blake's bed and breakfast had waffles made with a vintage Nordic Ware waffle iron. Yum!

Since we spent Thanksgiving with Scott's family we decided to spend Christmas with mine. We arrived late the night before Christmas Eve. Meadow enjoyed cereal and Sesame Street for breakfast the next morning. I had bought everything we needed in Minneapolis and just packed all of it along in a cooler. I was planning to make stamped cookies for Christmas. I got started first thing, Meadow helped. I think Meadow was happy to help mom. My parents had to run to the grocery store to pick up a few things. They returned with doughnuts. This is definitely Brooke's family's breakfast. Meadow decided to eat hers on the floor so my dad joined her, also my mom's legs. Meanwhile, I started stamping my cookies . I decided to make some pierogies with potatoes, cheese and sauerkraut . This is typically something we have with my family, but I thought I'd let Brooke's family have some. My sisters aren't fans of sauerkraut....